Salisburysipper
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Returned to wine making after a break and wanted to make some beer/larger for the first time. Just found out i have cealiacs disease so cant touch grain 
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pittsy
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ohh no how terrible , just have to brew other things , maybe you can get a local fellow brewer to brew beers for you while you brew wines for them etc , maybe ?
Frogfurlong
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Don't get depressed, there are recipes where wheat and barley aren't used. Try a Google search for ideas.
Oats can be hit and miss with gluten due to cross contamination at the mills.
Consider using other grains and seeds instead.
Buckwheat can often be used by people that have Ceoliacs, so can rice or some of the more exotic grains like quinoa. Maybe you can be the first to discover the perfect GF beer. :thumb:
Oats can be hit and miss with gluten due to cross contamination at the mills.
Consider using other grains and seeds instead.
Buckwheat can often be used by people that have Ceoliacs, so can rice or some of the more exotic grains like quinoa. Maybe you can be the first to discover the perfect GF beer. :thumb:
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I think if you can find a certified gluten free source of Oats than that might be the way to go. Other than that I think you need to go for a mix of rice, buckwheat and quinoa... Maybe including some home malting and extravegant mash profiles...
Frogfurlong
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Just had a mooch online and the-home-brew-shop co uk has a range of gluten free beer kits.
Life just got more interesting for me too, my better half is Non-coeliac gluten intolerant. Looks like beer's back on the menu!
Life just got more interesting for me too, my better half is Non-coeliac gluten intolerant. Looks like beer's back on the menu!
Dunfie
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Basic Brewing Radio have covered this before and there are some great links and advice on Gluten Free Beer.
Use this link to get to the Basic Brewing 2011 Podcasts and you will see some fantastic resources as well as the podcast itself. You just need to scroll down to the May 5, 2011 - Gluten Free Brewing section. :
Use this link to get to the Basic Brewing 2011 Podcasts and you will see some fantastic resources as well as the podcast itself. You just need to scroll down to the May 5, 2011 - Gluten Free Brewing section. :
I've just started drinking my first batch of the GlutenFree "Gone with the wheat" Czech-style lager kit.
Not bad, though if I hadn't brewed it short then forgotten to dilute at bottling time it'd be better - wouldn't be quite so over-hopped for one thing
Search on JimsBeerKit for "Duncan Incapable"'s recipes for "Four Star" and "Red Diesel" - ersatz ales made from a wild ingredient list that work quite well.
You can also try malting millet and brewing from that - I found it works suprisingly well. As the Africans have known for millenia, of course. Not so many cultures actually making ale from rice or quinoa, but it can be done. My next experiment involves malting some maize, long used for ale in South America.
And of course you could convert to.... TurboCider. I've come to enjoy this stuff as much as beer, which never really happened with commercial ciders.
Not bad, though if I hadn't brewed it short then forgotten to dilute at bottling time it'd be better - wouldn't be quite so over-hopped for one thing
Search on JimsBeerKit for "Duncan Incapable"'s recipes for "Four Star" and "Red Diesel" - ersatz ales made from a wild ingredient list that work quite well.
You can also try malting millet and brewing from that - I found it works suprisingly well. As the Africans have known for millenia, of course. Not so many cultures actually making ale from rice or quinoa, but it can be done. My next experiment involves malting some maize, long used for ale in South America.
And of course you could convert to.... TurboCider. I've come to enjoy this stuff as much as beer, which never really happened with commercial ciders.
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My sisterinlaw has this and suffers some times for the sake of something nice!
For you does that mean you can't touch the grain or consume the beer?
If it's about touching then couldn't you wear a particle mask and latex gloves?
I do understand how bad this condition is so please don't think im taking it lightly just looking for an alternative to brewing with "other" grains.
For you does that mean you can't touch the grain or consume the beer?
If it's about touching then couldn't you wear a particle mask and latex gloves?
I do understand how bad this condition is so please don't think im taking it lightly just looking for an alternative to brewing with "other" grains.
As far as I know, touchng isn't a problem for any coeliac - all the action happens in the intestines.
I've heard it said by a genuine Master Brewer that there shouldn't be any (appreciable) gluten left in any beer by the time the brewing process is done (barring late addition of grains for flavouring), but remarkably few breweries have had their ales tested for compliance to the codex if that's true. And there do seem to be many coeliacs who definitely react to beer.
Estrella Damm Daura is only 1 euro a bottle in Spain, but about 2.50 here. Mad. GF ale isn't hard to get if you can stand the prices - Sainsers carry some, for instance - and most of it is quite good.
When my wife was diagnosed she switched to cider, which is why I make quite a lot of TurboCider: OK it's not beer, but it can be just as satisfying, especially as it's easy (and cheap) to make stuff easily better than most shop-bought cider.
For actual ale though you're prtty much stuck with the sorghum-based kits from Gone With The Wheat or malting your own GF grains - millet's easy (at least in 1 gallon batch quantities) and definitely works pretty well.
I've heard it said by a genuine Master Brewer that there shouldn't be any (appreciable) gluten left in any beer by the time the brewing process is done (barring late addition of grains for flavouring), but remarkably few breweries have had their ales tested for compliance to the codex if that's true. And there do seem to be many coeliacs who definitely react to beer.
Estrella Damm Daura is only 1 euro a bottle in Spain, but about 2.50 here. Mad. GF ale isn't hard to get if you can stand the prices - Sainsers carry some, for instance - and most of it is quite good.
When my wife was diagnosed she switched to cider, which is why I make quite a lot of TurboCider: OK it's not beer, but it can be just as satisfying, especially as it's easy (and cheap) to make stuff easily better than most shop-bought cider.
For actual ale though you're prtty much stuck with the sorghum-based kits from Gone With The Wheat or malting your own GF grains - millet's easy (at least in 1 gallon batch quantities) and definitely works pretty well.
The Goatreich
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My girlfriend is wheat intolerant, but not Celiac. Thankfully she's a lot better after a recent operation, but she still has to take care with what she eats and drinks. She always found that Corona didn't give her a bad reaction, although I can't remember specifically why. I want to say that it's due to the barley, but I could be incorrect. Still, as mentioned above, there are plenty of options available, and if you can perfect the GF beer you could even be on to a real winner :)
Salisburysipper
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Wow 
Thankyou to everyone for your help and suggestions -its opened up a whole new world to me and I have learned so much from you all - I now have hope : I sincerely thank all of you for taking the time to help me in my hour of need. Your all great on here :thumb:
Thankyou to everyone for your help and suggestions -its opened up a whole new world to me and I have learned so much from you all - I now have hope : I sincerely thank all of you for taking the time to help me in my hour of need. Your all great on here :thumb:Similar threads
